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Keto Strip Said...
moxleymama6
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Trace-small, Am I in ketosis or not? New to keto. My diary is open. Let me know if I'm on the right track.
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Are you in a calorie deficit? That's all that matters for weight loss...12
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Are you in a calorie deficit? That's all that matters for weight loss...
Unhelpful, as they didn’t ask. Some people choose to also follow keto while being in a calorie deficit.
OP, there’s no need for keto-testing. If you keep your net carbs under 20-ish a day, you should be in ketosis within a few days of starting.7 -
You are in ketosis.
Think of ketostix like a pregnancy test. You can be in ketosis with a positive of negetaive test, depending on how many ketones you are spilling into your urine, but a positive is a positive. A negative test can mean no, but not always.
After a few years of ketosis, I am always negative or at trace ketones, even if I ate almost zero carb in a day. It just means one is not excreting a lot of extra ketones, and may even mean that you are an efficient fat burner.
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Are you in a calorie deficit? That's all that matters for weight loss...
Unhelpful, as they didn’t ask. Some people choose to also follow keto while being in a calorie deficit.
OP, there’s no need for keto-testing. If you keep your net carbs under 20-ish a day, you should be in ketosis within a few days of starting.
The OP is asking if she's in the right track in the "general diet and weight loss help" section of the forum, therefore it is helpful - to be on the right track I would presume to mean to achieve her weight loss goals. She could be in ketosis but not in a deficit, so not on the right track...13 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Are you in a calorie deficit? That's all that matters for weight loss...
Unhelpful, as they didn’t ask. Some people choose to also follow keto while being in a calorie deficit.
OP, there’s no need for keto-testing. If you keep your net carbs under 20-ish a day, you should be in ketosis within a few days of starting.
The OP is asking if she's in the right track in the "general diet and weight loss help" section of the forum, therefore it is helpful - to be on the right track I would presume to mean to achieve her weight loss goals. She could be in ketosis but not in a deficit, so not on the right track...
I'm at a calorie deficit as well as trying to balance my macros for ketosis.1 -
Thanks, everyone! I'm trying keto meal prep today for the work week. If anyone has favorite sites for this, I'd love to hear it.0
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moxleymama6 wrote: »Thanks, everyone! I'm trying keto meal prep today for the work week. If anyone has favorite sites for this, I'd love to hear it.
Ruled.me has about a zillion keto recipes.1 -
moxleymama6 wrote: »Thanks, everyone! I'm trying keto meal prep today for the work week. If anyone has favorite sites for this, I'd love to hear it.
Ruled.me has about a zillion keto recipes.
Thanks, I'll try it out.0 -
The Low Carber Daily and Keto MFP groups might be a good spot to look too. Nice people there.2
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